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Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a against a light background

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Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a against a light background

Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a against a light background. Animated 4…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • partial cropping

Animation Summary

The animation shows a of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. In the second frame, the rightmost figures are partially cropped while the leftmost figure remains fully visible

Composition

  • arrangement
  • partial cropping

Dense Caption

The animation shows a row of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. The figures have small black eyes and mouths. In the first frame, the full row is visible. In the second frame, the rightmost figures are partially cropped, and the leftmost figure is fully visible. The background is a light off-white color. The figures maintain consistent pose and expression throughout the animation.

Description

Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a against a light background

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20090720111048426807699

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red caps silver bodies yellow lower bodies
  • checkered patterns black eyes
  • arrangement partial cropping
  • light background neutral mood

Preprocessing Notes

  • The animation shows a row of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. The figures have small black eyes and mouths.
  • quarantined description: Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a row against a light background.
  • quarantined animationSummary: The animation shows a row of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. In the second frame, the rightmost figures are partially cropped while the leftmost figure remains fully visible.
  • quarantined wordwall: row arrangement
  • quarantined composition: row arrangement
  • quarantined retrieval: row arrangement partial cropping

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Wordwall

  • red caps
  • yellow lower bodies
  • silver upper bodies
  • checkered patterns
  • black eyes
  • black mouths
  • light background
  • arrangement
  • partial cropping
  • consistent pose

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090720111048426807699
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Archive ID
4d8b1fb2210528ef
SHA-256
4d8b1fb2210528ef89dfd0e29635b5876c16308f4523414e9d4b09d16467e166
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 14, 2026 at 11:08 UTC
Run
1290
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000607

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:18 UTC
Run
1034
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a against a light background

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 14:56 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,049 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,113, response 862

Review tags

  • partial cropping (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • silver (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • bodies (object, 0.80)
  • caps (object, 0.80)
  • cartoonish (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • figures (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • partial cropping

Animation

  • partial cropping

Animation Summary

The animation shows a of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. In the second frame, the rightmost figures are partially cropped while the leftmost figure remains fully visible

Colors

  • red
  • yellow
  • silver
  • black
  • white
  • off-white

Composition

  • arrangement
  • partial cropping

Dense Caption

The animation shows a row of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. The figures have small black eyes and mouths. In the first frame, the full row is visible. In the second frame, the rightmost figures are partially cropped, and the leftmost figure is fully visible. The background is a light off-white color. The figures maintain consistent pose and expression throughout the animation.

Description

Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a against a light background

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20090720111048426807699

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red caps silver bodies yellow lower bodies
  • checkered patterns black eyes
  • arrangement partial cropping
  • light background neutral mood

Objects

  • caps
  • bodies

Preprocessing Notes

  • The animation shows a row of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. The figures have small black eyes and mouths.
  • quarantined description: Animated sequence of red-capped figures with yellow lower bodies, silver upper bodies, and black-and-white checkered patterns, arranged in a row against a light background.
  • quarantined animationSummary: The animation shows a row of identical figures with red caps, silver upper bodies featuring black-and-white checkered patterns, and yellow lower bodies. In the second frame, the rightmost figures are partially cropped while the leftmost figure remains fully visible.
  • quarantined wordwall: row arrangement
  • quarantined composition: row arrangement
  • quarantined retrieval: row arrangement partial cropping

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • cartoonish

Subjects

  • figures

Wordwall

  • red caps
  • yellow lower bodies
  • silver upper bodies
  • checkered patterns
  • black eyes
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  • arrangement
  • partial cropping
  • consistent pose
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Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20090720111048426807699
Archive entry
20090720111048426807699.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090720111048426807699.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090720111048426807699.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016